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  • Potters Resident Arrested on Suspicion of Unauthorized Online Purchases in Debit Card Theft Case

    Potters Resident Arrested on Suspicion of Unauthorized Online Purchases in Debit Card Theft Case

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group The co-owner of a popular downtown business reported to the St. John’s Police Station that a known person had used his debit card and made several unauthorized purchases online, amounting to $5,797.53. The offence occurred between September 12 and 31…

  • LETTER: Mexicans and Belizeans taking over BARBUDA

    LETTER: Mexicans and Belizeans taking over BARBUDA

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group DEAR EDITOR: This letter is to highlight an issue that is occurring on the small island of Barbuda, and no one seems to care. I am a born Antiguan living in Barbuda for almost a year and a supporter of…

  • ABLP plans Primary to determine St. John’s Rural West Candidate

    ABLP plans Primary to determine St. John’s Rural West Candidate

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party has scheduled a primary election for December 8 to choose a candidate for the St. John’s Rural West constituency. Five individuals, namely Shawn Benjamin, Russhell Ellis, Michael Joseph, Aziza Lake, and Kevin Morgan, have…

  • LETTER: Citizenship applicants frustrated by unexpected Work Permit Requirement

    LETTER: Citizenship applicants frustrated by unexpected Work Permit Requirement

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group DEAR EDITOR: I wrote to you guys about getting some information about work permit application for a person seeking citizenship… I have applied for citizenship, where all my documents have been submitted in April 2023. I went to immigration on…

  • Fogging Schedule for November 6 to 10

    Fogging Schedule for November 6 to 10

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group The Central Board of Health wishes to advise the general public that as part of the Mosquito Control Program for the adult Aedes aegypti Mosquito, the Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in the following areas commencing 4:30…

  • LETTER: Is Antigua ready to elect an openly LGBTQ+ MP?

    LETTER: Is Antigua ready to elect an openly LGBTQ+ MP?

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Candid Reflection on Antigua’s Readiness for Openly LGBTQ+ Representation DEAR EDITOR: I am writing to offer a candid perspective on the recent announcement of an openly LGBTQ+ member seeking a place in Antigua’s parliament. This development raises an important question:…

  • Grays Farm Man Found with Illegal Firearm & Ammunition

    Grays Farm Man Found with Illegal Firearm & Ammunition

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group A 33-year-old man from Christian Street, Grays Farm has been arrested by police after he was found in possession of an illegal firearm and several rounds of ammunition. On Sunday, 5th November, the police were on mobile patrol on Christian…

  • Antiguan Tricia Lovel Graduates with PhD from World Maritime University

    Antiguan Tricia Lovel Graduates with PhD from World Maritime University

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Two OECS students graduated with PhDs from the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö, Sweden on Saturday, Oct. 28. They were among the graduands who participated in graduation exercises at the Malmö Live Concert Hall in Sweden. The World Maritime…

  • Chaneil Imhoff | Condolences and a Call for Action in Memory of Lateefa George

    Chaneil Imhoff | Condolences and a Call for Action in Memory of Lateefa George

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group It is with profound sadness that we extend my heartfelt condolences to the George family, who recently suffered the loss of their beloved Lateefa George. Lateefa’s untimely passing has left a void not only in her family’s hearts but also…

  • Lateefa George, 27, dies at Clarevue Psychiatric Hospital

    Lateefa George, 27, dies at Clarevue Psychiatric Hospital

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group A 27-year-old woman died while in the care of Clarevue Psychiatric Hospital, with her family seeking answers. Lateefa George passed away between October 30 and 31, and her mother was informed of her death on the morning of October 31.…

  • 2 Antiguans in Canada express interest in constructing crematorium

    2 Antiguans in Canada express interest in constructing crematorium

    Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet invited to its meeting two entrepreneurs of Antiguan descent–normally resident in Canada but are to return home–who are planning to build a crematorium for the purpose of making cremations readily available to grieving families. Each year,…

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)

 

OECS MSME Guarantee Facility Project

Loan No.: IDA-62670, IDA-62660, IDA-62640, IBRD-88830, IDA-62650

Assignment Title: Senior Operating Officer (SOO)

Reference No. KN-ECPCGC-207852-CS-INDV

 

The Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have received financing in the amount of US$10 million equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of establishing a partial credit guarantee scheme, and they intend to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, and consulting services to be procured under this project. 

The consultant will serve as the “Senior Operating Officer (SOO)” for the ECPCGC and should possess extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to Micro, small and medium-sized businesses, knowledge of the internal control processes necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk mitigation procedures. The ideal candidate should possess an Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Accounting, Banking or related field, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in lending, inclusive of MSME lending. The initial employment period will be for two years on a contractual basis. Renewal of the contract will be subject to a performance evaluation at the end of the contractual period. The assignment is expected to begin on September 30th, 2021.  The consultant will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the ECPCGC.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be viewed by following the attached link below. 

 

https://bit.ly/3iVannm

 

The Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECPCGC) now invites eligible “Consultants” to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have:

  • An Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Finance, Banking or related field; and
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in MSME lending. Applicants should also have:
  • The ability to design and implement risk management procedures 
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to small and medium-sized businesses
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME banking operations
  • Knowledge of the internal controls necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk management procedures
  • Experience developing and presenting information in public, including responding to questions in real-time
  • Experience lending to MSMEs located in the ECCU
  • Knowledge of marketing and communicating with the MSME sector
  • Ability to draft procedures to be used in a lending operation
  • Familiarity with the mechanics of a loan guarantee program
  • Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite.

The attention of interested Individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, Paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers July 2016, [revised November 2017] (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Approved Selection Method for Individual Consultants set out in the clause 7.34 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. 

 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours:

Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation

Brid Rock, Basseterre,

St. Kitts.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form by e-mail by August 11th, 2021, to [email protected]. 

 

For further information, please contact:

Carmen Gomez-Trigg                                                            Bernard Thomas

Chief Executive Officer                                                          Chief Financial Officer

Tel: 868-620-8144                                                                  Tel: 869-765-2385

Email: [email protected]                                          [email protected]